Micheal Jackson ‘This is it’ Official

Video

Here it is, the Official Movie trailer for Michael Jackson ‘This Is It’.

Movie will be in theaters everywhere October 28.

Mattel Launches Black Dolls Line

News

By Aisha Brown

Toy company Mattel announced their new line of African-American dolls yesterday. The So In Style line will feature  more authentic facial-features such as fuller lips, wider nose, higher cheek bones and curlier hair. Barbie designer Stacey McBride- Irby developed the new line of black dolls.  Being an African American and mother of two, McBride-Irby wanted to develop a line  of dolls which reflected her daughters and community.  The line will also feature three dolls Kara, Trichelle and Grace, all  varying in skin tones.  Each doll will be accompanied by  a “little sister” to show mentorship between the dolls.

H1N1 ‘Swine Flu’: Now You Know

Health

By Dr. Daniel Laroche, MD

What is H1N1 influenza?

Like regular, seasonal flu, H1N1 influenza is caused by a virus that infects the nose, throat and lungs. It causes fever and a cough or sore throat that can last a week or more. It can also cause headaches, body aches, chills and tiredness. Some people also get diarrhea and vomiting.

Michael Jackson’s Rabbi

News

Shmuley Boteach, Jackson’s onetime spiritual adviser, has just released The Michael Jackson Tapes. Nicole LaPorte talks to the media-savvy rabbi about life with Jacko.

“It’s not like there’s a precedent for this!” Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said the other day, referring to his oxymoronic role as a traditional-values-preaching man of the cloth who also happens to be a sophisticated media maven.

Boteach, after all, Twitters, blogs, records daily podcasts, and, of course, has his own Facebook page and Web site, where he pawns his wares: books, Bobble-heads in his bearded and bespectacled likeness, and “I’m a Rabbi Shmuley Groupie!” T-shirts.

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Maysles Cinema Schedule 2009

Friends of the Maysles Cinema,

This week at the Maysles Cinema we get back to work with an all-star line up. Tonight at 7:30pm we show Soul Power, on the Zaire 74 music festival that accompanied the “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Performers include James Brown, Celia Cruz and the Fania All-Stars, B.B. King, Miriam Makeba, and the Spinners.

Following the screening there will be a rare conversation with Soul Power camera operators Al Maysles and Kevin Keating. On Thursday, October 1st at 7:30 you can catch another screening of Soul Power followed by a panel discussion. This kicks off our month long festival “Congo in Harlem” along with a screening of Raoul Peck’s Lumumba on Friday, October 2nd at 7:30pm.

Cast Your Vote for Lumumba. Election campaign, 1959. Kalume.
Museum for African Art

On Sunday, October 4th, at 7:30pm, “Keeling’s Caribbean Showcase” will feature Stephanie Black’s modern classic documentary Life and Debt and Monday, October 5th “Docwatchers” goes 100% free with a mini-fest of Harlem made shorts starting at 8:00pm. The filmmakers will be available for Q&A following the screening.

HW Pick: 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo

Cars

Whether you’re talking about a bespoke smoking jacket, an electronic tennis racket or a top-of-the-line German sports car, substance trumps style every time.

In other words, if it’s only pretty to look at, it’s not really worth your money (this is especially true in the case of the electronic tennis racket, because of all the competition out there).

Harlem Speaks with Sandra Reeves-Phillips

Event

Harlem Speaks: Featuring Sandra Reeves-Phillips, Vocalist, Thursday, October 8th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm @ the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, 104 East 126th Street, Suite 2C (FREE)

Songstress and dramatic actress Sandra Reaves-Phillips is a modern day griot, a keeper of the musical traditions of her artistic ancestors, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington. and Mahalia Jackson. By integrating blues, gospel and jazz into one production, Ms. Reaves-Phillips secures the continuity of the founding musical styles of black American culture. Ms. Reaves-Phillips has been in performing as a professional for almost 50 years and has developed insights into the truth of the blues. Don’t miss this conversation. For more details call (212) 348-8300.

Giants and Jets in the Superbowl!!

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Wild Women in Harlem

2010 Census: it’s in our Hands Harlem

Harlem Globetrotters in Harlem

Who’s backing whom in ‘09?

Politics

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been endorsed by the Harlem’s Reverend Calvin Butts; pastor of the First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst, Reverend Patrick Henry Young; architect Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., and Russian-language weekly newspaper Vecherniy New York.

Former candidate City Councilmember Melinda Katz, weekly newspapers The Jewish Sentinel and The Jewish Press, and the 45,000-member strong Retail Wholesale and Department Store union have endorsed Bill de Blasio for Public Advocate.

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